TBH, I completely missed season 1.. but season 2 has been great so far! The season started out a bit slow with the Temple visit, but then it got EPIC with the Paris episode! After that we saw Team B make an anime, which turned out pretty ehh.. well, see for yourself and we got to see them interact in English on an international school. And there is more to come!

Ah, Nemousu Terebi. One of the main reasons why I took to AKB with all my heart, but I'm talking about season 1. Season 2 does have it's share of moments but lacks a bit of bite I think (girls getting more famous = untouchable?). But let's move on from nostalgia and see what we have here.

Well, for starters, Ariyoshi the host, continues to batter the girls with his usual insults to the point that when he is acting all kind and friendly we all know something is up. Also props to the guy for trying to get the girls to say nice things about or to him, usually unsuccessfully.

Favorite episode so far, has to be "AKB in Pari!" Fun times to be had with funny french and especially Ohori failing to sit next to the kakkoii guy. Other standouts; Kasai (and staff) freaking out when she went into the hole (epi 2), team B's Dali-inspired surrealist anime (epi 5) and Kana's trying hard but failure at bonding with the kids (italia? france? 中華?).

Barrie finally managed to convince me to check Nemousu out so I watched the international school episodes. Good stuff! First of all it was kinda weird to see Kana with three super popular members. I'm not that familiar with her but she will probably end up being one of my least favorite members. She has neither looks nor personality and Yuko kept outshining her in every scene. Speaking of Yuko, I definitely like her more after watching those two episodes. She has a fun personality and more importantly she was actually having fun with the kids. Yuko also tried a lot harder than Kana. The Cake Team was cool too and especially Atsuko impressed me... maybe because for once she didn't seem bored at all

Good thing you picked those ones to watch as those were definitely the best eps from this last season imo! The producers made a good move doing these ones. Got to see sides of the girls you don't normally see

Also, thanks for the "Collateral Damage" gif! Kept telling myself I was gonna make it but never got around to do it. So funny I could watch it all day

I just caught vol. 5 on the youtube and it was awesome! I predict that this episode will be discussed heavily in the next few days. So all I need to do is shut it and let you guys do the talking. Paris seems to be getting the smaller deal in everything.